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Internships

Every studies in ministry student is required to complete an internship.

Ideally, this year-long internship is the culminating activity of the program, which
you'll take concurrently with a year-long capstone seminar, having completed all other
minor coursework.

DETAILS

The internship is a closely supervised practical experience in a church, para-church
ministry, community organization or other relevant setting. This experience involves
six to 12 hours each week of supervised involvement with the ministry or organization
for a full academic year (14 weeks per semester).

Students receive two to four credits a semester for this internship. The decision about how many credits an internship will be is
based on conversations with the minor's director and coordinator of mentoring and
internships, your track and ministry interests, and your other academic requirements.

You'll be placed in an internship that matches, as much as possible, the type of ministry
to which you are discerning a call. The internship should enable you to gain a clear
understanding of the expectations, responsibilities and challenges involved in the
type of ministry you're considering and the specific organization where you're interning.

In special circumstances, you may request to do an internship over the summer rather than during the academic year. In this case, the capstone seminar of the minor
would be taken during the academic year that immediately follows the summer internship.
This internship can be done outside of Holland, either domestically or internationally.
Requests are considered and arrangements are made on a case-by-case basis, in conversation
with the director of the minor and the coordinator of mentoring and internships.

INTERNSHIP SITES

This is a partial list of previous site placements. Future placements are not limited
to these organizations.

3-Sixty

A Child's Voice

Audio scripture Ministries

Barnabas Ministries

Beacon of Hope

Beechwood RCA

Bethany Christian Services

Boys and Girls Club

The Bridge

Bridge Street House of Prayer*

Calvary CRC

Center for Women in Transition

Central Wesleyan Church

Christ Memorial Church

Clear Vision

Community Action House

Community First Association

Community Mental Health

Compassion Heart Ministries

Community RCA Zeeland

Department of Human Services - Michigan Youth Opportunity*

Ecclesia Church

Eighth Day Farm

Engedi church

Escape Ministries

Every Orphan's Hope* (Zambia)

Faith CRC Holland

Faith RCA Zeeland

Fellowship RCA Holland

First RCA Zeeland

First RCA Holland

First United Methodist

Good Samaritan Ministries

Heights of Hope

Holland Free Health Clinic

Holland Hospital

Holland Rescue Mission

Hope Campus Ministries

Hope Haven*

Hospice of Holland/Hudsonville

I.N. Network

Japanese Ministries

Justice for Our Neighbors/First Methodist

Lakeshore Pregnancy Center

Lakeshore Latino Outreach

Lakeshore Vineyard Church

LeadOut

LifeQuest (church)

Mercer Island Presbyterian* (WA state)

Moran Park Church

Mosaic Ministries

Neighbors Plus

New Community Fourth RCA

Northland (church)* (Florida)

Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church

Pittsburgh Project

Providence CRC

RCA Disability Concerns/CLC Network

Ready for School

Real life Fellowship

Ridgepoint Church Holland

Second RCA Zeeland

St. Francis Catholic Parish - student ministries worship team

Team Effort

The River Church*

Third Reformed Church

Trinity Lutheran Church

Troy Assembly of God*

Turning Point School of Dance

Upward Bound

Urban Rock

Vineyard Cincinnati

West Michigan Youth for Christ

Without Walls Vineyard

Ward Church

Young life Holland

Young Life/Ottawa

Zion Lutheran

*Non-local sites

SUPERVISORS

If you're an internship supervisor or considering the opportunity of supervising a
student, the following documents may be of assistance:

Orientation Lunch

Supervisors will gather in mid-August for lunch to learn details regarding their time
with students throughout the upcoming year.

Feedback/Evaluation Forms

Forms are due toward the end of each semester or summer term. You will receive a link
to the form along with the submission deadline by email. Please contact vanputtenp@hope.edu if you are unable to locate your email containing the online form link.

STUDENTS IN THE MINOR

Before you register for your ministry internship, our department will host an orientation
session where you will complete all forms required for the program and the Registrar's
Office.

Feedback/Evaluation Forms

If you have feedback forms that are due, you will receive a link to the form along
with the submission deadline by email. Please contact vanputtenp@hope.edu if you are unable to locate your email containing the online form link.

I loved my internship. I did mine over the summer due to being a social work major,
and pushed myself out of my box by moving to Pensacola, Florida, for a summer without
knowing a single soul. It stretched me in ways I didn't know were possible, created
lifelong friends and, at one point, produced a job opportunity (that I didn't take —
but still, incredible!).—Kierstynn Foster ’16

The high school students participating in the Awakening faith-formation summer institute at Hope College don’t just learn about worship. They also plan and lead a service themselves, applying skills and perspective that they’ve gained along the way, lessons that the program’s organizers hope will make a lasting difference to them — and, through them, to others.